Details for: APG 55390, Sehima nervosa (Rottler) Stapf, IBS 3989

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Sehima nervosa (Rottler) Stapf

Top Name:

IBS 3989

Origin:

Collected – India

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

11 Nov 2003

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Sehima nervosa (Rottler) Stapf

Top Name:

IBS 3989

Origin:

Collected – India

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

11 Nov 2003

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

17 December 1984.
Locality: 7KM NW KANNIYAKUMARI ON NAGERCOIL RD (NH47). THE L
Abundance: Scarce; Aspect: South; Coll Source: Wild; Landuse: Grassland/Meadow; Propagule: Seed; Parentrock: Schist, Gneiss; Slope: Steep; Soil_Texture: Stones; Rainfall: 1200; Notes: Shrubby Gland On Charnockite. Brown Sand To S/Loam

17 December 1984. India
Coordinates: 8.1167, 77.5167 (Map it)
Elevation: 40m.

Collector(s):

Staples, Ian Department of Primary Industries

Donated

11 November 2003. India

Donator(s):

Staples, Ian Department of Primary Industries

08 September 2015. Australia

Donator(s):

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland

Accession Names and Identifiers

IBS 3989

Type: Collector identifier

V 88

Type: Collector identifier

AusTRCF 106715

Type: Donor identifier

Group: AusTRCF

Austraian Tropical Forage

CPI 106715

Type: Institute identifier

Group: CPI

Commonwealth Plant Introduction

ALP 0.2

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

Group Note

Sehima nervosa (Rottler) Stapf

Genus:

Sehima

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Ischaeminae

Nomen number:

33564

Place of publication:

D. Prain, Fl. trop. Afr. 9:36. 1917 "nervosum"

Verified:

10/06/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

English
rat-tail grass –

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Andropogon nervosus Rottler

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Ischaemum laxum R. Br.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study
COMMENT	Notes	notes on diseases, pests, asset or weaknesses of accession	low vigour	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
MORPHOLOGY	Perenniality	plant perenniality	STRONGLY PERENNIAL - Strongly Perennial	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
MORPHOLOGY	Plant Dimensions	height (cm) and diameter (cm) of typical plant	15:15	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
MORPHOLOGY	Flowering	earliness to flowering	MEDIUM - Medium Flowering	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
MORPHOLOGY	Peak Flowering	months when peak flowering occurred	December	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
MORPHOLOGY	Spread Method	method by which accession spreads	SEED - Seed	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Establishment	establishment rating from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)	2	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Persistence	persistence rating from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)	8	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Seed Production	rating for seed production from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)	2	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Rate Of Spread	assessment how accessions spreads from 1 (negligible) to 8 (like bad weed)	1	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Out Of Season Green	rating for out-of-season greeness during non-growing period of species (normally winter for tropical forages)	4	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Leafiness	rating for above-ground leafiness from 1 (no leaf) to 8 (extremely leafy)	4	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Competitiveness	rating for plant competitiveness from 1 (poor) to 8 (highly competitive)	1	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
PRODUCTION	Pasture Potential	rating for pasture potential 1 (no potential because seedlings died or serious weed) to 8 (high potential on broad scale)	1	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
STRESS	Drought Tolerance	rating of drought tolerance from 1 (poor) to 8 (excellent)	3	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED
STRESS	Frost Tolerance	rating of plant frost tolerance from 1 (killed by light frost) to 8 (not killed by repeated serve radiation frosts)	6	TROPICAL.COLLECTOR.REPORTED